Scania model trucks – Toys for big boys
Truck owner. Tom Dreyer owns more than 700 truck models at a value of between 20,000 and 10,000 euros.
Do you remember your childhood toys? Perhaps that particular Scania model truck? Some see it as more than a toy. To them, it’s a collector’s item.
Norwegian Tom Dreyer may be an accountant, but his hobby is far from financial. He estimates he has invested between 20,000 and 30,000 euros in his passion: model trucks. His collection has surpassed 700 models – he prefers Scanias – and takes up an entire room in his house.
“I grew up with trucks and have always been interested in the transport business,” Dreyer says. “But I never got to take up the driving profession myself. Instead, this is my way of getting involved.”
Dreyer is not alone. Scania is a popular brand among model car collectors. “Of all the truck makes that are available in model format, Scania is the most popular, especially in the larger scale of 1:24,” says Peter White, editor at the British magazine Truck Model World. “The most popular types in this scale are the Italeri R-series, but the early 141 is proving to be popular too.”
Popularity often leads to high value. According to Lorna Kaufman at the British auction firm Vectis, the most sought-after Scania models are those from the ’50 s and ’60s manufactured by Danish Tekno. At a Vectis auction recently, a lot called “Tekno Scania 142H Truck and Trailer ‘ASG’” fetched more than 150 euros.
Built for Scania. This R-series articulated truck is part of Scania’s current scale model offering.
Scania is popular among model car manufacturers as well – and for good reason. Scania is a very helpful collaborator.
In an interview in the German model car magazine Modell Fahrzeug, German model manufacturer Minichamps’ Franz-Rudolf Völl said “the documentation that Scania provided was near perfect” when the company developed its Scania R 470 model. Scania is the only foreign truck brand offered by Minichamps.
Editor’s choice. Peter White, editor at Truck Model World, built this Scania model.
Valuable toy. This Scania model with its original box fetched over 100 euros at an auction recently.
5 WEBSITES ON TRUCK MODELS
www.18wheelers.no – Tom Dreyer’s collection
www.scania.com/webshop – Scania’s own web shop
www.vectis.co.uk – toy auctions with online bidding
www.modelsforsale.com – new, second-hand and discontinued models for sale
www.truckmodelworld.com – a dedicated model truck magazine
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11 June 2011 at 6:14
awesome I wish could like that